Efficient Total Synthesis of (-)-Antofine by Using (R)-(E)-4-(tributylstannanyl)but-3- en-2-ol as a Chiral building block

  • Lee, Eun-Jung (Natural Products Research Institute, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University) ;
  • Lee, Tae-Ho (Natural Products Research Institute, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University) ;
  • Lee, Jaek-Wang (Natural Products Research Institute, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University) ;
  • Kim, Sang-Hee (Natural Products Research Institute, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University)
  • Published : 2003.10.01

Abstract

(-)-Antofine is phenanthroindolizidine alkaloid being isolated from Cynanchum vincetoxicum. It has powerful cytotoxicity toward drug-sensitive KB-3-1 and multidrug resistant KB-V1 cancer cell line. We have successfully accomplished stereoselective total synthesis by using palladium catalyzed Stille coupling of l0-bromomethyl-2,3 ,6-trimethoxy-phenanthrene and (R)-(E)-4-(tributylstannanyl)but-3-en-2-o1, Overmann rearrangement of imidate, and RCM(ring-closing metathesis) for construction of pyrrolidine.

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